Taxpayer-Subsidized Electric Vehicles Disappoint Consumers (Except Jay Leno)

National Legal & Policy Center ^ | November 21, 2011 | Paul Chesser

[Cincinatus]

“Like any alternative technology you must adapt to it, not the other way around.”

The perfect, all-purpose liberal answer to almost any difficulty created by their policies and beliefs.

[cripplecreek]

“Like any alternative technology you must adapt to it, not the other way around.”

Easy for a mega millionaire to do. Course in all fairness to Leno, I know he loves real cars too.

[jazusamo]

Exactly...Plus these liberals are speaking of their panacea, electric vehicles. :-)

[lacrew]

The money quote:

“The Nissan Leaf, I can report, is perfect if you don’t have enough anxiety in your life.”

[Venturer]

There is one other insult to his injury.

He can’t give the thing away.

Trade In is zip he will take a screwing like he never saw before.

In order to dump the thing he has to find another idiot as stupid as he is.

Take it back to the dealer and see what they offer you for it on a gas engined Nissan. Take some anti-depression drugs and a Valium first , you are going to need them.

[EagleUSA]

Just ANOTHER loser liberal stupid idea....totally without thought and always at cost to the taxpayer.

Amtrak, the local bus system, over-taxed airline fares, telecommunications taxation....the list is endless.

[SteamShovel]

Electric Car Bump

[cripplecreek]

“It’s my daily driver,” he told the New York Times. “It really is. I commute in it to work every day. My commute, and all my other daily running around, totals less than 35 miles.

That's just fine for him and I don't begrudge him that but if his daily driving were much more I know he could simply pick another from his vast collection.

[jazusamo]

So true. The price of a Volt to Leno is pocket change and he has many other vehicles to drive.

That Volt price tag to the average driver is ridiculous and many don’t have another vehicle.

[Made In The USA]

“Instead, she seemed to chalk up the inconveniences (like “numb fingers and toes”) to her own inability to adapt to new technology, rather than calling the electric vehicle what it really is: a failure...”

She’s an idiot. Glad that alternatives are being developed, but it doesn’t sound like this particular model is ready for prime time.

[ml/nj]

It just occurred to me that if they ran the Indianapolis 500 with all electric vehicles, the race would probably take two weeks or more, unless they were allowed to swap batteries.

ML/NJ

[usmcobra]

Jay Leno's real car...

[longtermmemmory]

GM is advertising the volt on CNBC.

Not to sell the car it seems, but to push investors in the misbelieve that people want a 30 mile range electric car.

[cripplecreek]

No kidding. I have two F150 pickups and the newest one is fast approaching 20 years old. They’re satisfactory and reliable.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx for the ping SteamShovel !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Fletcher J]

If Jay says he’s never put gasoline in his Volt in nearly a year, then his mechanic must be doing it. My understanding is that the Volt will run the gasoline engine at regular intervals if it is driven in electric-onlty mode for long periods, so as to cycle thru the gas and keep it from going stale. I wonder if that setting can be disabled?

[jazusamo]

I haven’t read about that feature on the Volt but I did see an article several days ago that mentioned he’d used either 3.6 or 4.6 gallons of gas since he bought it. I suppose that may it but that would mean it would take over two years to use a full tank which doesn’t seem right either.

[I am Richard Brandon]

What are you - a Commie? Replace them immediately like a Good Capitalist, employ those workers, keep the factory busy, make a profit for Ford. Remember what happened to the Everlasting Match, the engine that runs on water and all the other anti-capitalist ideas. Produce! Destroy! Produce Again!

[American in Israel]

Fill it up with colman white gas, it does not have a shelf life. SHTF fuel.